The Mummy Prequel Movie Reportedly in the Works at Universal By Universal is seemingly continuing to grow its roster of modern Universal Monsters movies, with reportedly next on the slate. The industry scooper, Daniel Richtman, reports in a post on that The Mummy will be resurrected again in prequel form. He writes, “The Mummy PREQUEL movie now in development at Universal with Wes Tooke (Midway, The Rescue) writing the script.
“ New The Mummy movie prequel There’s nothing more on it at this time. So we don’t know if this is a prequel to Karl Freund’s 1932 movie starring Boris Karloff. Or if it’s based on Stephen Sommers’s beloved starring .
Perhaps it’d be the solid choice with the latter’s 25th anniversary this year and its potent nostalgia element. In addition, writer Tooke is already connected to a . In 2020, it was reported a reunion between 22 Jump Street’s Channing Tatum, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller was coming.
That was to be a “a modern day, tongue-in-cheek thriller inspired by Universal’s classic monster legacy.” Putting two and two together, that does sound more like The Mummy prequel is loosely related to Sommers’s movie. Previously, in 2017, a failed attempt at creating a Dark Universe began with The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise.
Subsequently, Universal quietly went back to the drawing board. The new plan has been a series of modern adaptations that share no narrative connections. That began with Leigh Whannell’s , starring Elizabeth.